Oxymormyrus

Oxymormyrus is a small genus of elephantfish in the family Mormyridae. Its members reach about 25–27 cm (10–11 in) in length and are restricted to the Congo, Campo, Kouilou-Niari, Nyanga and Ogowe river basins in Middle Africa.

Oxymormyrus
Oxymormyrus boulengeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Osteoglossiformes
Family:
Mormyridae
Subfamily:
Mormyrinae
Genus:
Oxymormyrus

Bleeker, 1874

Taxonomy and species
Oxymormyrus zanclirostris

The validity of this genus is disputed. Catalog of Fishes only includes one species,[1] while a second (marked with a star* in the list) occasionally has been included.[2] Both these are placed in Mormyrops by FishBase.[3]

  • Oxymormyrus boulengeri (Pellegrin, 1900) (Alima River mormyrid)
  • Oxymormyrus zanclirostris* (Günther, 1867) (Pool elephantfish)

References
  1. Eschmeyer, W.N.; R. Fricke; R. van der Laan (12 May 2018). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  2. "Mormyridae" (PDF). Deeplyfish- fishes of the world. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Mormyrops in FishBase. May 2018 version.


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